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​The Frank Friar Podcast is just that ‘frank.’ Why? Because each podcast episode is like a mini-retreat for your day. It is a way for you to receive quickly little spiritual insights from the Carmelite Tradition with in the Catholic Church.

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Today, I reflect on Ephesians 4: 25-29. I am thinking about this passage considering fraternal correction. I offer thoughts about needing to speak the truth and the need to reflect about how we are called to do it. Love drives out fear, so we need to speak the truth in live, in the courage the Spirit provides.
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Today, I am reflecting on the readings for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B. As I was praying with these readings one word kept striking me, harmony. The readings show us the danger of disharmony and the impact it has on community and the lives of the righteous. The wicked seek to destroy those that offer the harmony of God, because their presence shows the wicked how ugly their life and acts have become. I hope you enjoy my thoughts today.
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Today, I reflect on the readings from the 24th Sunday of ordinary time year B. We here a strong message about faith. Faith that is a gift, which is meant to be lived in the world as a means of sharing God’s love. All of this goes around the question that Jesus asked his disciples “who do you say that I am?” This is a question we are called to answer in our own lives today.
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Today, is the feast day of Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the lawgiver of Carmel. He wrote the Carmelite rule that has been followed for over 800 years. His use of scripture and the ability to witness to the need for virtue in the world makes him a necessary witness for our times. The episode offers some points of reflection for you all on this amazing man for your life today.
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The episode today is a reflection about the readings from the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary time year B. The call to fear not by the Prophet Isaiah is ringing in my heart. While the healing of the deaf mute is a gateway for all of use to experience the healing presence of the Lord. I feel these readings are a true source of strength during our dark times in the Church.
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Today, I offer a reflection on 1st Cor. 4: 1-5. This passage has been on my mind and in my heart since the news about ex-Cardinal McCarrick broke. The Church, also, had this reading offered at one of Her weekly Masses. I know I will always be a priest because of the sacrament, but I know if people do not trust me, I cannot be their priest. A hard truth I think all clergy needs to hear.
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Today, I talk about courage, prudence, and self-knowledge as a few of the necessary virtues we need to live by. Why? Because, these virtues help our prophetic voice to ring with the truth. Never forget the power of our voices when it is shaped in and by the Spirit by living a life of virtue.
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Today, I offer a reflection on our previous Sunday’s Gospel, Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. It the light of our current crisis in the Church I try to offer some insights on how one can become a Pharisee. We are called to grow into Christian Maturity and our tradition as a Church is a means of life for our maturity to grow from.
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